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Organiser of the London event where Rahul Gandhi spoke wants India fragmented and become how the West would want it to be

Suyash - 23 May, 2022

Beyond the impression of being hosted at the Cambridge University, it turns out that Rahul Gandhi's talk at 'ideas of India' event was hosted by Congress' in-house think tank

News Reports

Quad leaders’ meet: PM Modi pens a column in Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun, here is what he wrote

OpIndia Staff - 23 May, 2022

PM Modi is in Japan to attend the Quad leaders' meeting with his counterparts from Japan, USA and Australia.

Opinions

ET publishes offensive memes on Shivling despite multiple FIRs over those memes, once again highlighting the callousness of media towards Hindu sentiments

Pallav - 23 May, 2022

The Economic Times published a meme mocking Hindus by depicting the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre as a Shivling

News Reports

Heavy rains, thunder, hailstorm lash Delhi-NCR, temperature drops 10 degrees in an hour, trees uprooted

OpIndia Staff - 23 May, 2022

The surface temperature fell by 11 degrees from 29 degree Celsius to 18 degree Celsius in just an hour because of sudden weather change leading to thunder and rain in Delhi-NCR

News Reports

Union Minister G Kishan Reddy cites speeches by Dr Ambedkar to school Rahul Gandhi on his ‘India is a Union of States’ remark

OpIndia Staff - 22 May, 2022

Dr Ambedkar was a jurist, economist and politician who headed the drafting committee of the Constitution of India.

West Bengal: Arjun Singh defects to TMC, had accused party goons of repeatedly attacking him

OpIndia Staff - 22 May, 2022

Until 3 days ago, Arjun Singh was seen promoting an event in Vadodara where Prime Minister Narendra Modi had addressed a large gathering of young individuals.

OpIndia Scoops

Punjab: Christian Missionaries organise ‘satsang’ in Zirakpur, face strong protest from locals during their attempted forced religious conversion program

Anurag - 22 May, 2022

When the locals started chanting slogans like Jai Shri Ram and Bharat Mata Ki Jai against the missionary program, the person addressing the attendees from the stage termed Hindus chanting slogans as ‘adharmi’.

News Reports

West Bengal: Bomb squad detonates crude bombs in time in Purba Medinipur, explosion caught on camera, watch video

OpIndia Staff - 22 May, 2022

As many as 800 active crude bombs were discovered in Bakcha village in Moyna Block in Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal.

Social Media Fact-Check

TMC leader Saket Gokhale peddles misinformation about recent reduction in petrol, diesel prices

OpIndia Staff - 22 May, 2022

The latest reduction in the duty is not from the Excise Duty but instead from the Additional Excise Duty, which is not shared with the states. Hence, the proposed reduction is entirely borne by the Centre.

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